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Con of the (301125 may find a convenient substitha tion in a Junta, under the title of the Permanent Deputation of the Kingdom, which may represent the Cortes until the time of its convention; compos ed of, five individualS and one secretary, which.the H.Sepreme_: Central Junta may nominate, or other wise, from their own Members ; but it is requisite that one of the individuals of this deputation should f he chosen from among our brethren in America, as I an integral part of the nation, and as legitimate children of the same family. 7. The Regent, or Council of Regency, shall not be allowed to molest the persons of the Depu ties of the Cortes, or Representatives of the Nation, , nor those of the Permanent Deputation of the King doms, nor to proceed against them under, the Cri minal Code from the time of their appointment, to that of the cessation of their powers, &c. The. Permanent Deputation of the Kingdot, as 'the orrn of the national voice, will, watch over the `pnir6tual observance of t',:e conditions under which the Provisional Government is restriaed ; and one of its highest duties - will be the formation of a new Constitution ; not only that it may be coMpleted as soon as possitle, but as perfe&ly as possible, for the benefit of Religion, the King, and the Nation. To facilitate this purpose, the Regent, or Council of Regency, will supply the Permanent Deputation with all the means of useful information. The said temporary Constitution should be com municated to all the Provinces and dominions of Spain and America, that the subjects may see the agreeable expectations they may form from a legi-. timate G,vernment, in which the rights of the Mo narch and the People are respe&ed. [The gallant Marquis, after some disquisitions on public law, as applied to the peculiar circumstances of his Prince, gives a rapid view of the evils which have been the consequence of bad Government since the invasion, and of the miseries which the enemy has accumulated on every rank and condition of society ; he then proceeds to the conclusion.] With these views of the disasters of the nation, I cannot (says he) separate myself from the common lot of twelve millions of. people, who must either . be the slaves of the mot cruel tyrant, or the chit 'Wren of the 11141 St beneficent SoVereign. Ought 1, can I be an indolent spedatot of such scenes as•l have described; must 1, not sacrifice to my beloved countrymen all my personal interests, all my selfish affections, and the whole of my existence ? (Signed) ' Marquis DE LA ROMANA. Seville, Oct. 4, JBO9. ttv DM. .. • a , QuaPte-Mister GeneralcotilS . Oot pdatibly circulat o o such serious assertions agaititt a body of Of eer y that army' of Which he is Quarter-Master General Without an exiting just cause. to. To remove such an impression, and to esta blish upon incontrovertible testimony, that the Of ficers commanding Natives Corps have faithfully SHENVETH, fulfilled those ditties wllieh the public service ex 1. That we, the under Signed Memorialists, OAT- • peas and requires from them, are the primary ob s cers commanding Native, orps upon the Madras E; - jests which g . tve birth to that solicitude on the part tablishment, have the htitiour, with deference and •of your Mernoriali , ts, for an investigation. A respect, to solicit the aff,:aition of your Honourable secondary object is 'to stamp, with due etfe.a., the Court to the subje6l of our Appeal, which we,Writh nature of that oilence, in promulaatiog such serious the utmost duty and submission, offer to your con- and erroneous matter, so. highly injurious to their sideration. characters as Oificers and Gentletuen, aa Well as t( 2. Your Memorialists beg to state, that Capiain • the -respeaahiliiy of . the Honourable Company's John Munro, of the European Regiment on this service in general. Establishment, and Qoarter 7 - MaSter-General'of the, tl . Your Memorialists anxiously hope, that wheri Ahoy, delivered some months since to the Corn- the inaonitude of the•subjea of which they complain mander-in-Chief at Madras, certain proposals, bear- shall be taken ,into consideration by your Honour' ing date 30th June, !SOS, recommending the abuli- :able Court, it will appAr to your judgment lion of theTent'Contraot, which, on the Ist of July that they are ant aOtuated in their appeal by any last; was taken from Officeis commanding Native frivolous or unreasonably tenacious principles, on Corps in your Army, at Madras. o ' any object not strictly conneard with that, perfect 3. Whether the Tent Centraa, as consistent with moderation and temoerate pursuit of justice, which the good of the public sersiice, should or should not your Honourable- Court, in its wisdom and consi hive continued to exist, is a subject your Memo- dooition, are ever disposed to attend to, with those rialists will not presume to trouble your Honoura- , who, under the feelings and firm persuasion of just ble Court upon ; but certain articles which the complaint, claim your proteCtion and support. 12. Your Memorialists, through the medium of QuarteroMaster-General his inserted in his propo sals, as motives that prevailed with him for recom a their immediate superior, his Excellency the Com mending , the abolition of the Tent•Cootraa, your mander in. Chief, Lieutenant-General Hay Mac- Memoxialists, hnve to observe, no less excited their dowall, transmit their Memorial ; and in relying surprise, dual . t hey did the feeling; of poignant con. upon that distinguished liberality and goodness which cern, in ,Nri:eiving such dishonourable principles so have invariably marked his attentions to them, lo unjustly attributed to them. give their cause that support which in his judgment 4. Your Memorialists drill here furnish the ex, it may deserve, they will with every sentiment of traas from the Quarter-Master-General's proposals, • profound respea and , deference submissively wait on which they ground iheir complaint to youi Ho s otfor, and obediently cOnform to such decision as your nourahle Court r Honourable Court shall, in the justness ,of your r :rn-lar " six years experience of the pra6lical efnds of the existing, isdom, determine upon their cause. system of the camp equipage equipment of the Native A rmy, ; Madras, Dec. tBoB. has afforded means of forming a judgment relative to its ad vantages and efficiency, which were not possessed by the per_ [Signed by 32 Officers, commanding Native Corp.]i sons who proposed its introduction; and an attentive examina- ' [This.was rejected by Sir George Barlow, and tiun of its operations during that. period of time has suggested • , returned to Gen. Macdowall.] the following observations regarding it: By'granting the same alldwance in peace andwar for the equipment of aNauveCorps, while the expences incidental to that charge are un a vo id a bl y TO THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL OF 'THE ARMY. much greater in war than in peace, it places the interest and " the undermentioned Officers, COUP. duty or Officers, commanding Native Corps in direct opposi tion to one another; it makes it their interest that their c o rps • manding Native Corps upon this Establishment, should not be in a state of,eflicieney fit for field service, and 'roe the honour to forward the accompanying Me- , thereftre furnishes strong inducements to neglect their • most t mortal, which we request you wiil lay before his important duties. "By charging Commanding Officers of Corps with exten- Excellency the Commander in Chief, Lieut. l- General. sive concerns, immediately gliding their private interests, Hay - Macdowall, and which we have to solicit his it is calculated, .particularly in the rield, to divert their at.. :Excellency will take such measures as to him may tention and their pursuits from the discipline and manage talent- ot their corps; objects that should furnish them with appear most suitable for the transmission of the sufficient employment toi the whole of their time. same to the Hon. Court of Direetors. (Signed) jOHN MUNRO, " The :CoMmander in Chief being alrealy so " Quarter-Master.General of the Army." : a well acquainted with the general and particular cir cumstances that gave rise to the immediate sub jed of appeal, it becomes wholly unnecessary on our part to enter . into any further explanation for his Excellency's information. " The long series of years which the Comman der in Chief has served with the Coast Army, and that benign goodness with which he has invariably, • both in his public and private character, distinguish-. ed many of thpse who now appeal through his au thority, under a period of painful concern, creates every confidence and. hope that his Excellency will, as our immediate superior, condescend to hotiour our Memorial with such assistance and support, as in his judgment the subject has claim to ; and which, we are fully persuaded, cannot fail to give It the most impartial introduction to the attention of the Hon. Court of Dire&ors. " Madras Zstatlishment, Dec. 1808. -[Signed by 32 Officers commanding Native . Corps.] immortal Saavedra has declared the majesty of the State cannot he divided. •It %as sufficient that a new Government was de termined them, and this decision would render it unnecessary to steak of the evils of the old. But it appears, that the Supreme Junta is not so shoe: rou e hly convinced as I am of the expedience of de- . stroying even the recollection of a Government which has been so extensively prejudicial. It is a truth which every body acknowleges, which has etet the. world rivers of blood, which in France and in Spain, has poured forth the ruby treasure of life, that to make a mul ;tilde of men the depositories of the sovereign power, is to introduce the most hor rible nity, and tri establish on its ruins the fatal Empire of D. spottsm. Recent events render it ne. d rss for mew refer to ore civil wars which have desolated every Dat:On, and to the destruelion en ! tyranny which ha' terminated every govern=e trent like tat of Spain, comprised of many • Kingi; ' w ho are no linger the subjects of the Monarch they' are& to reeresent. I !:117 thus explained the motive of the com plaints of the people ; and I assert, that .for- the e evils he suffer, there is no other remedy than an .enthe change in the Government, from which they orgtnete. No democratic Constitutton has been able to supoart itself from its own firmness and energy during political convulsions, and ,has either en led in sanguinary ferocity, or in extreme debility, the Country and the Government perishing undee its own weakness.' Although I see with, paia that such is nearly the situation of my own country, and the necessity for bold exertions to preserve it, I con sider as useless the measures that may be employed - by the present authorities, and therefore I direct all my attention to the re-establishment of legitimate phwer ; and' after delivering my sentiments on the new .Government, I will endeavour to point out the means by which the Supreme Junta may be re lieved from its terrible responsibility, which other wise might invel.e in inextricable embarrassment hot h the Prince and the People. The new plan of Government which has been rOpoSed, is this, to establish a Junta co m p osed of a President and lour other Members, who may be, ' seledted from the Supreme Junta ; to confide in ihis body • the executive power under different Urinate_ tions ; to point out the forms of election, that the proper ind:viduals may participate in the exercise of the Beget authority ; to ahrogate all the sections . into whico the general Government is divided ; and this Supreme Central Junta, not. Only to be the So vereign of the nation,' and to execute the executive poe (es, but to preside over the Cortes, and to enswer to the petitions that the Cortes may present. [After sonic further reflections, most of which we have noticed in the concluding paragraphs ofhur. extracts , 5. Your Memorialists, with the justest sentiments given on the eth of January , th e Mar q g-ds :3 of deference to your Hon. Court, beg leave to state procg Such is the Government that we require ; a nd in that these articles unequivocally convey a most cruel ~. order to render it legit;m:te :4nd capable ~of prodec- and wanton insult, as well as an unjust aspersion ing the benetictal effects 1 ha., e poieted out; the sub- (we alt feel it) to Officers who have faithfully serv ,sequent regulations ought 10 no adopted. ed•their country, many for near)) , 30 years, some I lie Sovereign Representation should he exec- more, in atfirMing, that. upon the experience and ciseo until the time of the Convent ion of the Cortes ; • observation of six years, formed upon the judgment of pracricel either by a Council of Regency , oom p osed of three Wee, it - appears, officers commanding have strong inducements, from interest, or five persons, according to law 3, tit , 15, p art 2, native corps and elected in the manner there expressed. As in to negle& their most important duties, in order that rn the present circumstances it is not possible to asec e their corps should not be in a state of efficiency fit ble the Cortes with the celerity that the public fur field service. • safety requires, the Supreme Central Junta should 6. Your Memorialists conceive that these asser name the Regent, or Colima of Regency, witimut tions, in . their application with regard to time, and delay ing an instant in the discharge of this duty,—. operation with tespea to effect, are no less than ac e Whether the Junta be a legitimate or illegitimate cusing them of having sacrificed the Interests and representation of the Cortes for such a purpose, is security of the public service fora base purpose, and 'i not very material. On other occasions, the deli- of having violated that trust which your Honourable ciency of their lawful power has not been consider- CoOrt, which GOvernment,, and which the Corn- i ed any obstacle to the exercise of their,authOrity ; mender in Chief in certain confidence place in them. and it would be a proof of their generosi t y and Oa- M r . G. GIMBER, the tenant, has, most unfortu- Your Memorialists perceive io them also an insinua triotism, highly commendable, if in the neve'cloei nately, lost in this dreadful fire all he possessed in the tion of an utter d'erelithon of the pride of military vernment they would exclude those belonging to house, not having been able to preserve a whole spirit, in their having a wish from pecuniary motives . JANUARY 12. the old; but if the members should ,be chosen,, suit of clothing. not to be prepared to meet the enemies of their } Catherine 'Pinter was tried for an assault upon ' from the latter, they ought to be those whozre The *hole of these misfortunes are to be attri- country. , 1 her husband. The poor man stated a melancholy most distinguished for their virtue, religion, know- buted to, the inebriety and persevering obstinacy of a ,e, Impreased with those painful sensations, which :; case of. brutal violence -and excess against his life,. ledge, and even physical strength, for the discharge Russian, who, though repeatedly urged to permit such serious imputations cannot fail to create, your 1 4and of great inhumanity towards her children. of their delicate and difficult duties. his candle to be removed after he had retired, y, She was convicted and sentenced to. 14 days ime Memorialists, in several instances without delay, Should the Supreme Central Junta deliberate with would not comply, and being, 'from' intoxication, . and with all possible respeti, separately addressed 1 prisonment. the Cortes for the election of a Regent or Council of themselves to . his Excellency the Commander to l James Mann and John Marden were tried upon unable' to take proper care of it, his curtains caught Re it May be effected under the following fire. As it is understood . he is a man of large pro Chief, Chief, Lieutenant-General Hay Macilewall, upon t a charge of attempting to commit a burglary in the „ coeditions, as.a temporary expedient : e ' Petty, it is to be hoped (if that is the case) he will .. the sub j ect of the. Ctuarter-Masici - -Generals allege, Strand. One cif them was convieled, and Sentenced 1. The Regency should swear to defend the na-tions 'His Excellency had the condescension to 1 to confinement in the, House of CorreEtion. make what reparation is now in his power; he for tion, to protect ii ft otn its etietuies, and to deliver answer the sereral,applications of appeal; but in a i John Butcher, servant to Mr. Peacock, of Lin tunately escaped from the flames by the window, the kingdom to our beloved Sovereign Ferdinand and by climbing over the trips of several houses. ' circular reply, observing in substance, that as be coin's-inn-fields, : .was indided for committing. a VII. as soon as he shall be restored to Spain; or if ._ . sue- _ The City of London. Hotel was the principal lon had net been consulted with regain to the abOlition ferocious assault upon the cook-maid, his fellow he should not be restored, to his legitimate and the best accustomed in Dover—nothing now • ' of the Tent Contract, he did not feel himself at Ii- servant, by cutting her desperately with a carving . censors, vowing ,to spill the la , t drop of their remains but a heap of ruins. Mr. GIMBER has tee, betty to interfere in any matter connected with the :knife across theehand.-eHe - was fudnd guilty upon blood, if necessary, in the . discharge of this sacred- 1 the clearest testimony. • . . duty. • . nanted it but six mouths. . subject, upon individual application. 8. Your Memorialists have to state to your Ho- 1 Mr. WATSON, the Chairman of the Court, in au —...._............. . 2. To preserve the integrity of the vast E m p ire . nourable Codrt, that,. in consequenee of this node ! impressive manner, admonished him to beware of of Spain and America, 'which compose the Spanish Yesterda y three y oun g ladies, the heeutiful nieces fication; feeling the injury aone ehein bth insi- ! future irritation, observing, that a temper like his nation, without alienating any portion of her vassals -of the Hon. Mrs. CAVENDISH BR H'm ADiAW, v e ry oar- . a ti on s. in the Quarter-MaSter-Genera y aster-Generals m e inute, wOuld soon bring him to an untimely end, if not or her territories. rowly escaped a watery grave in the Serpentine River, they adapted the means of redress which appeared ! repressed and checked in time ; and then seutenc 3. The Regency should execute the laws, should Hyde Park. The young ladies were taking a morn- to them to be most coissistent with their ideas of led him ton six months confinement in Cold Bath interpret the decisions in cases Where the meaning ing ride, in Lord DELvIN's vis-a-vis, . and the justice, and with the duty they owe to,their supe- i _Fields Hse of Corredtitan: He was handcuffed, should be doubtful, bet its authority should extend coachman was driving towards the upper end of the riors, submitted to their immediate principal, the 1 and Mo. Atis's people took him away instantly. no further than as an irrevocable 'determination on . Serpentine River, along the strand, close to the Commander in Chief, the substance of, their corn- . ' ThorPl l aS Pann'and John Akerston, two soldiers of , . the particular matter submitted to its judgment. - water's edge ; but as he advanced he found the de- plaints, in the form of a military charge; but find- the 3d etegunent of Guards, . were convicted of a 4. It should nut on its own authority remove the clik ity towards the water becoming rather steep, and ing that this mode was considered by_ the Judge-Ad- very wicked assault upon a watchman of the parish public Agenti, of whatever ran they may be ; -;lie attempted to torn about, in which endeavour he vacate-General to be irregular , or ineff,:ctual to- . of St. Mary-le-bonne, by stabbing him in the groin. without a juridical decision bera competent tribunal, was obliged to drive through the water about three wards the vindication of their injured feelings, they --Sentence deferred. in which case the party may be determined accord- yards from the shore. In the attempt so to do, the respeetfully abide by that opinion for the present, , . -- P... , ..... ing to the security of public "laws ; but they may . horses were , suddenly immersed almost beyond their and have solicitedel suspension of the dire& charge ARLINGTON-STREET.—The fashionable -intisbi grmtt iiidulgencies or retirement to those Ministers depth and the carriage, was nearly oversee. The against the individual, while they appealed to the tants of this street are, perhaps, little aware that of Stete, and others, who, front the visitation of young I.4diei shrieked' in T h e grea t es t t err o r a t t h e ir ' can d ou r and justice of your Honourable . Court, ' they are dwelling thon what was a garden tog Tars ctsease, or the progress of years, may be tendered situation, when the fotitman with great intrepidity, tr us ting it m ay please them to order an investigation since. That it was so will, however, appear by unfit for theirdUtics. , . plunging into the water breast high, fortunately exe of the subje#, as from an investigation alone can the following extra.. from "An account of seyetal 5. Declarations, War, Treaties Of Peace, and tricated Ahem, one by one, from the carriage, and they hope for a removatof the disgraceful impression gardens oear•London," dtawn up in the year 1691, Alliances, political or commercial, with Foreign , brought th e m sa t e ly .ae h ere , w ith o ut any other in- which the insinuations in the Quarter-Master-Ge- and communicated to the Society of Antiquaries in. States, should be determined by the Cortes, if sit- jury than wet shoes. The horses were with great nerars . Proposals are calculated to produce, amid 1794, by.the Rev. Dr. Hamilton. . f . u apd if not, by a Deputation of the Kingdorie difficulty soon' after' relieved from their dangerous w hich your Memorialists in confidence beg to assure " Arlington Garden, being now in the hand of appointed for such purpese, consisting 'of chosen "situation by the assistance of some individuals, who y ou r H ono urable Court are equally unfounded del niy Lord Devenshfre; is a fair plat, with good walks, Ministers, properly qualified by their wisdom and collected on the occasion. One of them, however, fad as they are injurious to the characters of the both airy,and shady. There are six of the greatest experience. In the single case of an unforeseen sustained a very severe bruise on the right 'hind leg. Officers of the Hoopurable Company's army. - earthen pots that :ire any where else, being at least invasion, the Regency or Council. of Regency GOOD AND BAD OMEN.—The ancients used to 9:Yotir Memorialists have further to state to your two feet over within the edge ; but they stand abroad, should be empowered Ste Suprente .Head of the Na - represent the first by an active young man, cloathed Honourable Court, 'that had .the Quarter-Master and have nothing in them but the tree holyeoke, au lion to make preparations for the public defence, as in a green tunic, as the symbol of Hope, having o n General promulgated his injurious insinuations, serf- indifferent plant, which grows well enough in; the if war had been declared with the custemary for his head a white tell, surmounted by a star. °He - ous ds they are, in his capacity •of Captain in the ground, Their green-house is !eery well, and their ' . !halides. , • held in the ri-bt hand tile augural wand, and With t, European Regiment, a conscious integrity might, ' green-yard excels ; but their greens ,were not so 6. It should preserver to the National ,Represen - ' the left caressed a swan, the bird consecrated. to' from the repugnnuce your Metnotialists feel to corn- bright and clean as further off in the country, as if tation the rights of which it has been deprived by : Venus, and considered by the ancient's . as a good plain, have treated them probably with a dignified they suffered something from the smutty air of the ti - !. , abuse of power, and the Regent or Council of ornen The second was personified by a man, -with silence, .or with private dissuasive admonition ; . bud, but, town." , tegcney, without. he grant and approbation of the a dark and forbidding countenance. armed with the authority of the Quarter-Mastere ' His tunic was The people of Brittany have a - superstitious no, Cortes, should neither be allowed to impose laws, of tile colour Of 4'l dead leaf; lie held also in one tion, that previous to the death of any one, a wheel , • ern- contributions royal or pet sonal ; but, ,as naldtsr hand the augural wand e in the other a weazel, and -General' of the Army, your Memorialists are ef 1 . ' barrow, covered with a white sheet, and conducted , tee existing circumstances, the sa:ely.ot the c'oun- was contemplating a crcw flying•on his left. •We opinion, that they obtain a consequence and con sideration, which. it is apprehended by them, can- . try requires that all the authorities should partake ' should think a painter might comprse two good nrif,fail to influence the public mind, not only in by skeletons, passes by their residence, and that although it is not seen; the noise of the wheel is of the executive character, snch grant er d apilroba- pictures tr . = the above s.ubjects. . - lndia, Ind in Europe, and create a belief that a heard just beforet he person is going; to expire. MEMORIAL FROM THE OFFICERS COMMANDING NA- TIVE CORPS UPON THE. ESTABLISHMENT 01? FORT • ST. GEOR-GF., TO THE HON. COIIT4IT OF DIRECTORS OF THE HON. EAST INDIA COMPANY, &C. DOVER, JAN. 12. This morning, about two, o'clock, a most alarm ink fire brOke out at the City of London Hotel, in this town ; it raged with the utmost violence for two or three hours, in which time it entirely con sumed that building, and damaged many houses contiguous. Seven engines were at work, and as proVidentially there was plenty, of water in the har- , hour, they were, by the indefatigable exertions of the inhabitants of the town, and the soldiery (who ere quickly collected togetherby the alarm drum), well supplied with water. It was long feared the flames would extend to the stables and coach houses, where were a gTeat,nuniber of carriages, horses, and a considerable quantity of corn, hay, and straw : had this been the case, In all proba bility several whole streets would have been con sumed—from their close connection with each otl,er nothing leSs could have' been expelled ;,thi4 Mis chK was, however, prevented, and providentially no lives were lost. Mr. CROW, the proprietor of the Hotel, , was insured to the amount of only 5001. his loss is estimated at upwards of 30001. . CLERKEA If ELL SESSIONS. ~~. 151 DE LA UNTA. that the le present ter it, aid bus indi ared their ieptember all possi• Iportance, I had the quire, and :oncern os .ten tion to ssess, and 'my view onception , Gov erii• ht only to kthority to horit be• I.a-utboritf is oppose( exposini 1311 endea. Lent., in al overnment am now to. :I, on aC' ;11l not in' ern men t been re' ,Sovereign.' le supreme ;, does not ve Govern' )f the Mo' cal, cannot lescript ion, !tfecaly otr e than 3 0 ieir respeo° )ur beloved ypify a suf' tion is De if the king' roic • assumed neat of tho been e% Provinci ave had cal ur supreil II and con' MCC. Napoleon' t they heir lawtol ruttlent ;nty of tii 6cendants which pre ienating tll ll i the v 05.41! a traitor, r,(O kingdoo Spanish during till to itself tl )wledge any and newel the Laws people or not lore) Agn Audio )oriary read ;)0(3 - Id I/ ing the de was alone .I ity but S i ey represen t ' he Monare, ssais, and I . ,is Own pee :ver deparie' Prince, or t` evident tl O hey `have n d :her the Pcs preme Jun since, ivj they VA could sub hich .occasi°' y of the pf e : l the Tbrol . tyrant to 411 1 3a sily,be , for 6 j )t the wrltivi Lment chre‘l nority of )f moral icicc obeyed. ll', ;nded the sj it now $7 which is at' law, n3 O l acy to iral in Ca paCI videdi and lying the I is ground ane, oi unc lent, the ta:' fruin td . prison in to state 51 ntr duces iper of 10 1 atious.j lity 01 poi trary. 'fl) 1 j ;mfire, a 6 I I